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Let The Right One In won top prize at Tribeca
Let The Right One In won top prize at Tribeca
Now in its ninth year, the FrightFest continues to cut a trail of bloody success.

This year's festival will run at London Odeon West End from August 21 to 25. Among the highlights are Tribeca Film Festival favourite and low-budget Brit horror .

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FrightFest Latest Reviews

The Midnight Meat Train
A photographer stalks a serial killer who picks off his victims on the LA underground.
Scar 3D
Torture porn taken to the next dimension, which may well not be a good thing.
Mirrors
Something nasty is lurking through the looking glass...
Death Race
A prisoner is offered his freedom if he can win a motor race - but just staying alive is hard enough!
Eden Lake
A young couple spending a romantic weekend in the woods fall foul of an angry group of teenagers.
The Strangers
A young couple are terrorised by a group of masked home invaders.
Fear(s) Of The Dark
Ten animations from the dark side.
Mum And Dad
Micro-budgeted Brit-horror about a airport worker brought into the perils of a close-knit family.
Let The Right One In
A touching story of first romance... with a side-serving of horror.
The Brøken
A woman's life begins to spiral out of control after she sees her doppelganger.

FrightFest Festival Features

Back from the dead
After a lacklustre horror showing at festivals in the first half of 2008, the FrightFest all-nighter proves there's life in the corpses yet.

Scarily familiar
Although some of the films at FrightFest had a cutting edge, many offered variations on older movies - we examine the killers and the copycats in our postmortem.

Sparkling Perry
In our exclusive interview Brit acting stalwart Perry Benson talks about his contrasting roles in Somers Town and Mum & Dad.

Hot city frights
A look forward to Film4 FrightFest this August Bank Holiday.

FrightFest News

A look back before Doomsday
Neil Marshall Celebrated at Film4 FrightFest Event

News & Features Baby Mama

Our diarist checks out the Cartoon d'Or, a Russian showcase and the Best of British.

Director Sharon Maguire on the impact of terrorism in the modern world - envisioned in her latest film Incendiary.

AiM Festival showcases more than 40 films from across the continent.

Mary And Max to get world premiere at festival.

Twelve projects from four regions vie for cash.

Leicester's zombie film festival returns for another day of gore.
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